Art History Museum Vienna

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In 131 magnificent photographs -all new, ail in fuii coior-the imperiai treasures of Vienna's great Art History IVIuseum.
Ihe sculptural elegance of the Kunsthistorisches -Vienna's renowned Art History Museum-is a noble frame for the Imperial art treasures housed within: the masterpieces from the private collections of Austria's emperors, connoisseurs who assembled great works of art from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.
In this book, with the director of the Museum's Picture Gallery as guide through its pages, the Museum's paintings are brought to life. One sees, as if on a private tour, works reflecting the scope of the personal tastes of Austria's rulers—from the riotous peasant scenes of Bruegel, obtained by the Archduke Ernest from the city of Antwerp, and the intense and solitary religious works of Mantegna, originally acquired by the Archduke Leopold William, to the dazzlingly clear colors of Dürer and the refined sensuality of Giorgione. Here we find... Tovább

Fülszöveg

1
In 131 magnificent photographs -all new, ail in fuii coior-the imperiai treasures of Vienna's great Art History IVIuseum.
Ihe sculptural elegance of the Kunsthistorisches -Vienna's renowned Art History Museum-is a noble frame for the Imperial art treasures housed within: the masterpieces from the private collections of Austria's emperors, connoisseurs who assembled great works of art from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.
In this book, with the director of the Museum's Picture Gallery as guide through its pages, the Museum's paintings are brought to life. One sees, as if on a private tour, works reflecting the scope of the personal tastes of Austria's rulers—from the riotous peasant scenes of Bruegel, obtained by the Archduke Ernest from the city of Antwerp, and the intense and solitary religious works of Mantegna, originally acquired by the Archduke Leopold William, to the dazzlingly clear colors of Dürer and the refined sensuality of Giorgione. Here we find the entire range of European art.
From Germany, for example, we see one of the most extensive collections of Albrecht Diirer's masterpieces, including his unusual and symbolic Adoration of the Trinity, with its Renaissance clarity and rigor; the sinister Judith with the Head of Holofernes of Lucas Cranach the Elder; the splendidly meticulous portraits of Hans Holbein.
From Italy: the metaphysical landscape of Cosmé Tura's superb Pieta, original in its use of atonal and resonant colors; Andrea Mantegna's intense and richly developed St. Sebastian; the psychologically mysterious Three Philosophers by Giorgione, with its luminous gradations of color; the magic impressionism of Titian's Diana and CalHsto.
From Holland, Spain, France and Switzerland
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we see some of the world's greatest masterworks, including Rembrandt's matchless personal studies, an expressive series of royal portraits by Velázquez, and the bold impressionism of Camilla Corot, Edouard Manet, Auguste Renoir.
And, as the crowning grace tathis outstanding collection, the most glorious profusion of Flemish painting ever assembled under one roof: van der Weyden's Madonna and Child; Hans Memling's dreamlil(e Tryptich, with its richly ornamented perspectives; the touchingly awltward Adam and Eve of van der Goes' Original Sin; Bruegel's awe-inspiring Tower of Babel, shown in a magnificent double spread; and the monumentally opulent feminine forms of Peter Paul Rubens' Cimone and
Efigenia, full of vitality and sensual fire
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Art History Museum/Vienna is the tenth volume in an extraordinary new series of art books presenting, as on a guided tour, the Great Museums of the World. Each presents the museum's most important and memorable works of art—all especially photographed for this series and all reproduced in superb full color by the finest European printing processes. Each volume has an introduction by the Museum's Director, and a lucid text commenting on the historical and artistic significance of the works and their creators, prepared by a distinguished staff of European art historians. All have been translated for American connoisseurs and students under the aegis of Thomas B. Hess, Editor of Art News.
Other titles in the series: Louvre/Paris British Museum/London Vatican Museums/Rome i' '
National Gallery/Washington f. i
Prado/Madrid P
National Museum/Tokyo ^
Uffizi/Florence Pinakothek/Munich
Rijksmuseum/Amsterdam ^ Vissza